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under the petitioner’s control to make

tandem parachute jumps while wearing

a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack that

has at least one main parachute and one

approved auxiliary parachute. The

exemption also permits pilots in

command of aircraft involved in these

operations to allow such persons to

make these parachute jumps. Grant,

June 15, 1998, Exemption No. 4943J.

Docket No: 11366.

Petitioner: United States Customs

Service.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.117 (a), (b), and (c); 91.119(c);

91.159(a); and 91.209 (a) and (d).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit continued relief

from the pertinent provisions of 14 CFR

part 91 in order to conduct drug

interdiction air support. Grant, June 17,

1998, Exemption No. 5504B.

Docket No: 29137.

Petitioner: Weary Warriors Squadron.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.315.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its North American B–25 (B–25)

aircraft, which is certificated in the

limited category, for the purpose of

carrying passengers for compensation or

hire. Grant, June 17, 1998, Exemption

No. 6786.

Docket No.: 28660.

Petitioner: The Collings Foundation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.315, 91.319(a), 119.5(g), and

119.21(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its Boeing B–17 (B–17) aircraft,

which is certificated in the limited

category, and its Consolidated B–24 (B–

24) aircraft, which is certificated in the

experimental category, for the purpose

of carrying passengers on local flights

for compensation or hire. Grant, June

17, 1998, Exemption No. 6540A.

Docket No.: 28512.

Petitioner: Robert P. Lavery.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.109(a) and (b)(3).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct certain flight instruction and

simulated instrument flights to meet the

recent instrument experience

requirements in certain Beechcraft

airplanes equipped with a functioning

throwover control wheel in place of

functioning dual controls. Grant, June

19, 1998, Exemption No. 6525A.

Docket No.: 28515.

Petitioner: Kenneth L. Fossler.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.109(a) and (b)(3).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct certain flight instruction and

simulated instrument flights to meet the

recent instrument experience

requirements in certain Beechcraft

airplanes equipped with a functioning

throwover control wheel in place of

functioning dual controls. Grant, June

19, 1998, Exemption No. 6524A.

Docket No.: 28517.

Petitioner: Samuel D. James.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.109(a) and (b)(3).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct certain flight instruction and

simulated instrument flights to meet the

recent instrument experience

requirements in certain Beechcraft

airplanes equipped with a functioning

throwover control wheel in place of

functioning dual controls. Grant, June

19, 1998, Exemption No. 6532A.

Docket No.: 29174.

Petitioner: Hawaii Helicopters, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its Sikorsky S–76A helicopter

(Canadian Registration No. C–GHJG,

Serial No. 760015) in the United States

under part 135 without a digital flight

data recorder (DFDR) as required by

§ 135.152. Grant, June 19, 1998,

Exemption No. 6789.

Docket No.: 29109.

Petitioner: Mobile Business Resources

Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its Sikorsky S–76A helicopter

under part 135 without each of those

helicopters being equipped with an

approved digital flight data recorder.

Grant, June 19, 1998, Exemption No.

6788.

[FR Doc. 98–17630 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA Special Committee 159;

Minimum Operational Performance

Standards for Airborne Navigation

Equipment Using Global Positioning

System (GPS)

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given for a Special Committee

159 meeting to be held July 27–31, 1998,

starting at 9:00 a.m. on July 27. The

meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140

Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20036.

The agenda will be as follows:

Specific Working Group Sessions:

July 27: Working Group (WG)–4A,

Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS

CAT I/II/III), Rooms A and B; WG–6,

Interference, Room C; July 28: WG–4A,

Precision Landing Guidance (LAAS

CAT I/II/III), Rooms A and B; Ad Hoc

Working Group, Second Civil

Frequency, Room C, 1:30–4:30 p.m.;

July 29: WG–4A, Precision Landing

Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III), Rooms A

and B; WG–2C, GPS/Inertial, Room C;

July 30: WG–4A, Precision Landing

Guidance (LAAS CAT I/II/III), Rooms A

and B; WG–2, WAAS, Room C; WG–4B,

Airport Surface Surveillance, Room D.

Plenary Session Agenda, July 31, 9:00

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Rooms A and B: (1)

Chairman’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Review/Approval of Minutes of

Previous Meeting; (3) Review WG

Progress and Identify Issues for

Resolution: (a) GPS/WAAS (WG–2); (b)

GPS/GLONASS (WG–2A); (C) GPS/

Inertial (WG–2C); (d) GPS/Precision

Landing Guidance and Airport Surface

Surveillance (WG–4A & WG–4B); (e)

Interference (WG–6); (4) Review of

EUROCAE Activities; (5) Review WG–

4B’s draft report on The role of GNSS in

Supporting Airport Surface Operations;

(6) Assignment/Review of Future Work;

(7) Other Business; (8) Date and

Location of Next Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact Mr. Harold

Moses, RTCA Program Director, at (202)

833–9339 (phone), (202) 833–9434 (fax),

or hmoses@rtca.org (electronic mail).

Members of the public may present a

written statement to the committee at

any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24,

1998.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 98–17629 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Amtrak Reform Council; Notice of

Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).
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1 In addition to an exemption from 49 U.S.C.

10903, UP seeks exemption from 49 U.S.C. 10904

(offer of financial assistance procedures) and 49

U.S.C. 10905 (public use conditions). UP also

requests ‘‘that the exemptions be effective on the

date after the date of service’’ of the final decision.

These requests will be addressed in the final

decision.

2UP states that the line segments are located on

Salt Lake City streets within a city project area

which is commonly referred to as the Gateway

Project. UP points out that exemption from the OFA

procedures and public use conditions will allow a

prompt conveyance of the right-of-way underlying

the line segments to the Utah Department of

Transportation and Salt Lake City Corporation, as

required for the city’s Gateway Project.

ACTION: Notice of Amtrak Reform

Council meeting.

SUMMARY: As provided in Section 203 of

the Amtrak Reform and Accountability

Act of 1997, the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) gives notice of a

meeting of the Amtrak Reform Council

(‘‘ARC’’). The purpose of the meeting is

to discuss a draft of the Council’s

Charter, to receive a briefing from the

Department of Transportation’s

Inspector General regarding the

independent assessment of Amtrak’s

financial needs, and to take up such

other matters as the Council or its

members deem appropriate.

DATES: The ARC meeting is scheduled

for 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST on

Monday, July 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES:The meeting will be held in

Room 235 in the Hall of States at 444

North Capitol Street, NW, Washington,

DC. The meeting is open to the public

on a first-come, first-served basis and is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Persons in need of special

arrangements should contact the person

whose name is listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Arrigo Mongini, Deputy Associate

Administrator for Railroad

Development, FRA, RDV–2, Mail Stop

20, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590 (mailing address

only) or by telephone at (202) 632–3286.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARC

was created by the Amtrak Reform and

Accountability Act of 1997 (ARAA) as

an independent commission to evaluate

Amtrak’s performance and make

recommendations to Amtrak for

achieving further cost containment and

productivity improvements, and

financial reforms. In addition, the

ARAA requires: that the ARC monitor

cost savings resulting from work rules

established under new agreements

between Amtrak and its labor unions;

that the ARC provide an annual report

to Congress that includes an assessment

of Amtrak’s progress on the resolution

of productivity issues; and that after two

years the ARC begin to make findings on

whether Amtrak can meet certain

financial goals and, if not, to notify the

President and the Congress.

The ARAA provides that the ARC

consist of eleven members, including

the Secretary of Transportation and ten

others nominated by the President or

Congressional leaders. Each member is

to serve a 5 year term.

Issued in Washington, DC on June 26,

1998.

Mark E. Yachmetz,

Chief, Passenger Programs Division.

[FR Doc. 98–17556 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

Release of Waybill Data

The Surface Transportation Board has

received requests from Mayer, Brown &

Platt on behalf of The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company (BNSF) (WB461–1—6/2/98),

and from the General American

Transportation Corporation (WB512–4—

6/15/98) for permission to use certain

data from the Board’s Carload Waybill

Samples. A copy of these requests may

be obtained from the Office of

Economics, Environmental Analysis,

and Administration.

The waybill sample contains

confidential railroad and shipper data;

therefore, if any parties object to these

requests, they should file their

objections with the Director of the

Board’s Office of Economics,

Environmental Analysis, and

Administration within 14 calendar days

of the date of this notice. The rules for

release of waybill data are codified at 49

CFR 1244.8.

Contact: James A. Nash, (202) 565–1542.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17681 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 116X)]

Union Pacific Railroad Company;

Abandonment Exemption; in Salt Lake

County, UT

On June 12, 1998, Union Pacific

Railroad Company (UP) filed with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) a

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for

exemption from the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 10903–10905 1 to abandon three

rail line segments as follows: (1) the

Provo Subdivision, between milepost

799.0 and milepost 800.26 (1.26 miles);

(2) the Passenger Line Industrial Lead,

between milepost 782.32 and milepost

782.79 (0.47-mile); and (3) the Provo

Subdivision Running Track Passenger

Line, between milepost 744.20 and

milepost 745.48 (1.28 miles), a total

distance of 3.01 miles in Salt Lake City,

Salt Lake County, UT. The line

segments traverse U.S. Postal Service

Zip Codes 84101 and 84104. The line

segments include the non-agency rail

stations of Grant Tower (milepost

800.10), Salt Lake City (milepost

782.79), UP 9th St. Crossing (milepost

744.20), and Salt Lake City (milepost

745.40).

The line segments do not contain

federally granted rights-of-way. Any

documentation in the railroad’s

possession will be made available

promptly to those requesting it. The

interest of railroad employees will be

protected by the conditions set forth in

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuance of this notice, the Board

is instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by September

30, 1998.

Any offer of financial assistance

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each OFA must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

All interested persons should be

aware that, following abandonment of

rail service and salvage of the line

segments, the segments may be suitable

for other public use, including interim

trail use. Any request for a public use

condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for

trail use/rail banking under 49 CFR

1152.29 will be due no later than July

22, 1998.2 Each trail use request must be

accompanied by a $150 filing fee. See 49

CFR 1002.2(f)(27).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–33

(Sub-No. 116X) and must be sent to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001, and (2) Joseph D. Anthofer, 1416

Dodge Street, Room 830, Omaha, NE

68179–0830. Replies to the UP petition

are due on or before July 22, 1998.